One of this week\u2019s contenders was Finley, 22, from Doncaster, who, despite a speedy start, ended up with a painful injury while taking on the Gauntlet.<\/p>\n
For this game, contenders have 30 seconds to run the Gauntlet, divided into four zones, each guarded by a mighty Gladiator. For every zone they manage to pass through, contenders win two points, with a total of 10 for going the distance.<\/p>\n
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\n<\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture>\n<\/div>Finely managed to get past Viper in zone 1, but when it came to Phantom he had some difficulty and ended up being pushed back to the beginning.<\/p>\n
He managed to make his way back to the second zone, however, the game was cut when the referee notice him limping.<\/p>\n
All three referees then when it to talk to Finley at which point he revealed he\u2019d \u201ctwisted his knee\u201d.<\/p>\n
Read more:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cTwisted my knee down there, so I don\u2019t know. I felt something go, but this is not the end, this won\u2019t be the last time you\u2019ll be seeing me.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m going to go in the back, I\u2019m going to recover and we\u2019ll see what else I can give! This is not the last from me, not a chance!\u201d Finley told Bradley Walsh.<\/p>\n And he was right, as he later returned for Hang Tough and The Eliminator, which he breezed through, securing a place in the Gladiators<\/a> 2024 quarter final, despite Miles having a 2.5 second head start.<\/p> Gladiators airs on BBC One and BBC iPlayer on Saturdays. <\/strong>Looking for something else to watch? Check out more of our\u00a0<\/strong>Entertainment<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0coverage or visit our\u00a0<\/strong>TV Guide<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<\/strong>Streaming Guide<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0to find out what\u2019s on.<\/strong><\/p>\n Try Radio Times magazine today and get 10 issues for only \u00a310 \u2013\u00a0<\/strong>subscribe now<\/strong><\/a>. For more from the biggest stars in TV, listen to\u00a0<\/strong>The Radio Times Podcast<\/strong><\/a>.<\/strong><\/p> <\/body><\/html>\n It was a tough game for Finley. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":43738,"template":"","categories":[1,5],"acf":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/01\/gladiators-contender-injured-during-launch-episode.jpg",1620,1080,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/01\/gladiators-contender-injured-during-launch-episode-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/01\/gladiators-contender-injured-during-launch-episode-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/01\/gladiators-contender-injured-during-launch-episode-768x512.jpg",768,512,true],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/01\/gladiators-contender-injured-during-launch-episode-1024x683.jpg",800,534,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/01\/gladiators-contender-injured-during-launch-episode-1536x1024.jpg",1536,1024,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/01\/gladiators-contender-injured-during-launch-episode.jpg",1620,1080,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"It was a tough game for Finley.","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/43737"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/43738"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43737"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43737"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
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